JP2000209326A - Portable communication terminal and communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce memory capacity for response messages and to reduce cost by installing a call number recording means and a response character message recording means storing a response character message made to correspond to a telephone number stored in the call number recording means in a response data recording means. SOLUTION: A control means 10 records an inputted call number in a call number recording means. When the recording of the call number terminates, a message recording means 9 gives the request of the input of a response character message to the user of a portable terminal by using a display means 4. The user of the portable terminal receives the message input request and inputs a desired response character message using an input means 5. The control means 10 records the inputted response character message in a response character message recording means. Since the character message which does not need much recording capacity is used in this constitution, memory capacity for response messages which corresponds to a caller and the cost can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable communication terminal and a communication system, and more particularly to a portable communication terminal and a communication system having a function of automatically transmitting a response character message to an incoming call from an outside line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In portable communication terminals such as portable telephone terminals (hereinafter referred to as portable terminals), there are many cases where a user cannot respond when receiving an incoming call. Instead, some mobile terminals have a function of automatically transmitting a pre-recorded response voice message to the caller. That is, with a mobile terminal having such a function, a response voice message recorded in advance (a single fixed voice message) for an incoming call when a call cannot be answered due to absence, an incoming call at a conference or a movie theater, and the like. Answer voice message: For example, a message such as "I can't answer the phone right now" is automatically sent to the caller.

[0003] Recently, there has been a function of recognizing a telephone number (calling number) of a caller when a call is received, and changing a response voice message according to the caller. . That is, for example, messages are individually assigned to Mr. A, such as message a, and Mr. B, message b. As a conventional technique for changing the response voice message by the sender, there is a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-140146.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-321861 discloses that a response message is changed according to a caller, and voice data, character (text) data, and image data are arbitrarily selected as a data format of the response message data. There is disclosed a technology that is capable of transmitting a plurality of data formats in any combination.

[0005]

As described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-140146, in order to transmit individual response voice messages for each caller, a large number of response voice messages are recorded in a memory. It is necessary to keep. However, voice messages generally require a larger storage capacity than text messages (text data), and when there is a limit to the amount of memory mounted, such as in a mobile phone terminal, a viewpoint of effective use of memory resources. This is not a good thing.

Further, as disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-321861, arbitrary response message data among a large number of voice messages, text messages and image messages prepared according to a large number of callers is transmitted. With this configuration, a voice message or an image message requires a larger storage capacity than a text message (text data), and thus requires a larger memory capacity. Further, if the response message is transmitted only by a text message, the caller usually touches the ear part of the transmission / reception means, so that the response message data is transmitted from the called party. However, it cannot be determined immediately.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
The purpose is to use a text message that does not require much storage capacity as a response message in a mobile communication terminal or communication system that can change the response message according to the caller when an incoming call is received. Accordingly, the present invention aims to effectively use the memory, thereby reducing the memory capacity for the response message and the cost associated therewith. Further, an object of the present invention is to transmit a voice message indicating that a text message is to be transmitted prior to transmission of a text message corresponding to each caller so that a response can be accurately transmitted to the caller. Is to do.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a radio means for transmitting and receiving radio signals,
An input unit for performing an operation input or information input, a display unit for displaying information, a response data recording unit for storing data for automatic response, and a control unit for controlling the entire system, and In a portable terminal having a function capable of notifying and detecting a user number, the response data recording unit includes:
Calling number recording means for storing the telephone number of the caller, response character message recording means for storing a response character message associated with the telephone number stored in the calling number recording means, first and second responses A small response voice message recording means for storing a voice message, wherein the mobile terminal receives an incoming call, the owner of the mobile terminal does not perform a response operation for a predetermined time, and the caller's telephone When the number can be detected, the detected telephone number of the caller is compared with the telephone number recorded in the calling number recording means. When the telephone numbers do not match, the telephone number stored in the response voice message recording means is compared. Only the first response voice message is transmitted to the caller, and when the telephone numbers match, the second response voice message stored in the response voice message recording means is transmitted. After sending the followers side, the stored response text message recording means, to transmit a reply text message corresponding to a telephone number and the matched caller side, and.

According to the present invention, there is provided a communication system in which a center connected to each base station or a line network has a function of performing an answering service, wherein the center completes an application procedure for the answering service. Response data recording means for storing data for automatic response for the portable terminal which is provided, wherein the response data recording means is provided for each portable terminal which has completed the application procedure for the answering service. Corresponding, calling number recording means for storing the telephone number of the caller, and response character message recording means for storing a response character message associated with the telephone number stored in the calling number recording means, When there is an incoming call to a mobile terminal that has completed the application for voice mail service and the owner of the mobile terminal has not performed a response operation within a predetermined time The center is in the mode of the answering service, and when the center can detect the telephone number of the caller, the center associates the telephone number of the detected caller with the portable terminal on which the call is received and transmits the call. The telephone number recorded in the number recording means is compared with the telephone number, and when they match, a predetermined response voice message is transmitted to the caller, and then the telephone number matched with the telephone number stored in the response character message recording means is matched. A corresponding reply text message is configured to be sent to the caller.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a portable terminal (here, a portable telephone terminal) according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 100 is a portable terminal, 1 is an antenna, 2 is a wireless unit for transmitting and receiving wireless signals, 3 is a baseband signal processing unit for performing signal processing, 4 is a display unit for displaying information, and 5 is an operation input or the like. Input means for inputting information, 6 is a receiving means such as a speaker, 7 is a transmitting means such as a microphone, 8 is a rewritable recording means for recording information, and 9 is a message for storing data for automatic response. Recording means (that is, response data recording means), 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes a control unit that controls the entire portable terminal 100, processes and sends information to be sent, and sends control signals to the connected units to control them.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the message recording means 9. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 91 denotes a rewritable response voice message recording means for recording a voice message;
92 is a rewritable response message recording means for recording a text message, 93 is a rewritable calling number recording means for recording the calling number (sender's telephone number) of the other party to which the response message is sent, and 94 is a response message recording means. A response character message selection means 95 for selecting a predetermined message from the response character messages recorded in the character message recording means 92 recognizes the calling number of the received signal and notifies the response character message selection means 94 of the response number. It is a number notification means.

Here, the response voice message recording means 91 is composed of a small memory (small capacity memory). In the present embodiment, only the first and second response voice messages are fixed. Response voice message
The response voice message recording means 91 is recorded in advance by the user (user). For example, the first response voice message has a content such as "I cannot answer the phone right now." The second response voice message is "I cannot answer the phone right now. Will be sent. "
Since only the response voice message of the kind is stored, the response voice message recording means 91 is small in capacity, and is designed so as not to cause a cost increase.

Further, the telephone number of the caller recorded (registered) in advance by the user in the calling number recording means 93 is as follows:
It is assumed that the telephone number is a telephone number of a communication terminal capable of displaying a text message. Various response text messages associated with the telephone number (calling number) stored in the calling number recording means 93 are transmitted by the user. It is recorded (registered) in the response character message recording means 92 in advance.

FIG. 3 is an example of a correspondence table between the calling number and the response character message. Such correspondence is stored in the response character message recording means 92 and the calling number recording means 93 as described above. Each is determined by recording the response character message and recording the calling number corresponding to the response character message. In FIG. 3, individual response character message contents are associated with each call number, but a plurality of call numbers may be associated with one response character message content (for example, a character message a may be associated with the calling numbers A and B), or a single calling number may be associated with a plurality of response character message contents (for example, the character messages a and b may be associated with the calling number A). May be).

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, the calling number registration process and the response character message registration process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

This processing flow is performed by, for example, the portable terminal 10
The operation starts when the user 0 operates the input unit 5 and requests the message recording unit 9 to perform a registration process in a predetermined manner. Then, the message recording means 9 which has received the request for the above-mentioned registration processing makes a request to the user of the portable terminal 100 for a calling number input using the display means 4 or the like (S101). Thereby, the mobile terminal 10
The user 0 inputs a desired calling number through the input means 5 (S102), and the control means 10 records the input calling number in the calling number recording means 93 (S103).
When the recording of the calling number is completed, the message recording means 9
Requests the user of the portable terminal 100 to input a response character message using the display unit 4 or the like (S10).
4). In response to the response character message input request, the user of the portable terminal 100 inputs a desired response character message using the input unit 5 (S105), and the control unit 10
Records the input response character message in the response character message recording means 92 (S106).

The above processing steps S103 and S106
Thus, a correspondence table between the calling number and the response character message is created, for example, as shown in FIG. 3 described above. In FIG. 3, for example, “response character message a” corresponds to “calling number A”. When the recording of the calling number and the response text message is completed, the user of the portable terminal 100 displays the confirmation of the recording on the display means 4
When the correction is performed by using the method described above, the processing step S1
The registration process from 02 is performed again, and if there is no correction, the registration process ends.

Next, the transmission process of the response character message will be described.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the control means 10 confirms the incoming call (S2)
01), sending predetermined incoming information to calling number notifying means 95,
The calling number of the incoming signal is detected by the calling number notifying means 95 (S202). Here, if the user of portable terminal 100 receives the call and responds during a predetermined time (Yes in S203)
If it is s), the transmission processing flow of the response character message ends.

If the user of the portable terminal a does not answer during the predetermined time after receiving the call (No in S203),
The calling number detected by the calling number notifying means 95 is compared with the calling number recorded in the calling number recording means 93 (S
204). If the calling numbers do not match (if it is determined that they do not match in S204), it is determined that the response character message is not recorded, and the first response voice message recorded in the response voice message recording means 91 is recorded. Is reproduced (S208). That is, for example, "
I can't answer the phone. Is reproduced, and the response character message transmission processing flow ends.

On the other hand, if the calling numbers match (S20
If a match is determined in step 4), the second response voice message recorded in the response voice message recording means 91 is reproduced (S205). That is, for example,
Play the response voice message saying "I can't answer the phone right now, so I'll send you a text message later." Next, the response character message selecting means 94 selects a response character message corresponding to the calling number detected by the calling number notifying means 95 from the response character message recording means 92 and transmits it (S).
207). If the transmission fails, the response character message is retransmitted in processing step S207. If the transmission has succeeded, the transmission processing flow of the response character message ends (S209).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the user cannot respond at the time of receiving a call, an appropriate response character message corresponding to each caller can be automatically transmitted. In addition, it is possible to save the recording capacity of a memory for storing a response message that differs for each caller, thereby reducing the memory capacity and the cost associated therewith. In addition, since the voice message to the effect of sending the text message is transmitted prior to sending the response text message, the response transmission from the called side to the caller who is listening to the earpiece of the transmission / reception means is transmitted. Can be done accurately.

Next, an embodiment of the communication system according to the present invention will be described. In the mobile terminal embodiment described above,
Although the mobile terminal directly transmits the text message, in the present embodiment described below, the response text message is transmitted to the center in advance and stored in the center having a function of performing an answering service. The response character message stored in the center is transmitted from the center to the caller in the answering service mode.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a center and a portable terminal in one embodiment of a communication system according to the present invention. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 200 denotes a portable terminal, 300 denotes a center connected to each base station, a network, and the like;
Is an antenna, 22 and 31 are wireless means for transmitting and receiving wireless signals, 23 and 32 are baseband signal processing means for performing signal processing, 24 is a display means for displaying information, and 25 is an input means for performing operation input and information input. , 26 is a receiving means such as a speaker, 27 is a transmitting means such as a microphone, 28 is a rewritable recording means for recording information, and 29 is a portable terminal 20.
The control means 33 controls the overall control, processes and sends the transmitted information, and sends control signals to the connected means to control them.
The control means 34 controls the overall control, processes and sends the transmitted information, and sends control signals to the connected means to control them. The control means 34 stores data for automatic response. Message recording means (that is, response data recording means).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of the message recording means 34 of the center 300. In FIG.
Is a rewritable response voice message recording means for recording a voice message; 342 is a rewritable response text message recording means for recording a text message;
Numeral 3 is a rewritable calling number recording means for recording the calling number (sender's telephone number) of the partner to whom the response message is sent.
44 is a response character message selecting means for selecting a predetermined message from the response character messages recorded in the response character message recording means 342; 345 recognizes the calling number of the received signal; 346 is the ID of the mobile terminal that has completed the application for voice mail service
ID number recording means for recording a number.

Here, the first and second response voice messages are recorded in the response voice message recording means 341 as fixed response voice messages in the center 300 in advance. For example, the first response voice message has a content such as "I cannot answer the phone right now." The second response voice message is "I cannot answer the phone right now. Will be sent. "

Further, the user of the portable terminal 200 who has completed the application for the answering service is provided by the portable terminal 20.
It is premised that the calling number pre-recorded (registered) in the calling number recording means 343 by communication from 0 to the center 300 is the telephone number of a communication terminal capable of displaying a text message. ID of the mobile terminal 200 that has completed the application for the answering service
Each number is recorded (registered) in association with the number. The response character message recording means 3
42, various response character messages corresponding to each ID number of the mobile terminal 200 for which the answering service application procedure has been completed and associated with the calling number stored in the calling number recording means 343, The information is recorded in advance by communication from the terminal 200 to the center 300. In the ID number recording means 343, ID numbers uniquely assigned to the mobile terminals 200 that have completed the procedure for receiving the answering service by the center 300 are registered in advance by the center 300. I have.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, the calling number registration process and the response character message registration process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In this processing flow, first, the portable terminal 20
The user 0 performs a predetermined operation using the input unit 25 to request the answering service from the center 300 (S301). The wireless means 31 of the center 300 receives the answering service request, performs predetermined signal processing in the baseband signal processing means 32, and then notifies the control means 33. Thereby, the control unit 33 generates a signal requesting the input of the ID number, performs the predetermined signal processing by the baseband signal processing unit 32, and transmits the signal to the portable terminal 200 by the wireless unit 31. It should be noted that a method of transmitting the ID number at the same time when the answering service is requested may be adopted.

When the user of the portable terminal 200 receives the request for inputting the ID number by the wireless means 22, the user operates the input means 25 to input his / her own ID number, and performs the transmission instruction operation. The ID number is transmitted to the center 30 by the wireless unit 22 through the baseband signal processing unit 23.
0 (S302). The control means 33 of the center 300 includes the wireless means 31, the baseband signal processing means 3
2 via the mobile terminal 200,
The received ID number is compared with the ID number of the portable terminal 200 already registered in the ID number recording means 346 (S303).

The control means 33 of the center 300
Transmits a request for inputting a calling number to the mobile terminal 200 when the ID numbers match (S304). Accordingly, the user of the mobile terminal 200 that has received the request for inputting the calling number operates the input unit 25 to input the calling number, and performs the transmission instruction operation, so that the input calling number becomes the center 300.
(S305). The calling number transmitted from the portable terminal 200 is received by the center 300,
3 is recorded in the calling number recording means 343 (S30).
6).

After the calling number is recorded, the control means 33
A response character message input request is transmitted to the mobile terminal 200 (S307). Thereby, the user of the portable terminal 200 that has received the input request for the response character message operates the input unit 25 to input the response character message, and performs the transmission instruction operation. The data is transmitted to the center 300 (S308). The response character message transmitted from the portable terminal 200 is received by the center 300, and is recorded in the response character message 342 by the control unit 33 (S309).

When the registration of the calling number and the response character message is completed, the user of the portable terminal 200 confirms the registered contents by using the display means 24 or the like. The registration process is terminated when there is no correction (S310).

Next, the transmission process of the response character message will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the control means 29 confirms the incoming call (S4)
01), the incoming call is notified to the user of the portable terminal 200 using the receiving means 26 or the like. If the user of the mobile terminal 200 receives the call and answers during a predetermined time (Yes in S402)
If this is the case, the transmission processing flow of the response character message ends.

If the user of portable terminal 200 does not answer the call within a predetermined time after receiving the call (No in S402), center 300 which has detected the call enters answering service mode. After that, the processing is performed in the center 300.

Center 3 in answering service mode
At 00, the wireless means 31 is controlled by the control means 33.
The incoming call information (transmitting information from the caller side) received by the calling party is transmitted via the baseband signal processing means 32 to the calling number notifying means 3.
45, and the calling number of the incoming signal is detected by the calling number notification means 345 (S403).

The control means 33 recognizes the ID number of the portable terminal 200 that has not received the call and did not answer the call.
The calling number recorded in the calling number recording means 343 in association with the number is compared with the calling number detected by the calling number notifying means 345 (S404). If the calling numbers do not match (if it does not match in S404), it is determined that no response character message has been recorded, and the first response voice recorded in the response voice message recording means 341 has been recorded. The message is reproduced (S408). That is, for example, a response voice message "I can't answer the phone right now" is reproduced, and the response character message transmission processing flow ends.

On the other hand, if the calling numbers match (S40)
If a match is determined in step 4), the second response voice message recorded in the response voice message recording means 341 is reproduced (S405). In other words, for example, a response voice message "Sorry, we cannot answer the phone right now, and will send a text message later" is reproduced (S405). Then, a response character message corresponding to the ID number and the calling number detected by the calling number notification unit 345 is selected by the response character message selecting unit 344 from the response character message recording unit 342, and is selected. The message is transmitted to the caller (S407). If the transmission fails,
At step S407, the response character message is retransmitted. If the transmission has succeeded, the transmission processing flow of the response character message ends (S409).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when the answering service is performed at the center, an appropriate response character message corresponding to each caller can be transmitted. The storage capacity of the memory for storing different response messages can be saved, thereby reducing the memory capacity and the associated cost. In addition, since the voice message to send the text message is sent prior to sending the response text message, it is possible to accurately transmit the response from the center to the caller who is listening to the earpiece of the transmission / reception means. I can do it.

In the above-described embodiment, a portable telephone terminal is taken as an example of a portable terminal. However, the present invention is applicable to various communication portable terminals having a telephone function in addition to the portable telephone terminal. Needless to say.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a portable communication terminal or a communication system capable of changing a response message according to a caller when an incoming call is received, a recording capacity is set as a response message. We use text messages that do not require
The memory capacity for the response message according to the sender can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced accordingly. In addition, since the voice message for transmitting the text message is transmitted prior to the transmission of the text message, it is possible to accurately transmit the response to the caller who has the ear part of the transmission / reception means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a portable terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a message recording unit in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a correspondence table between a calling number and a response character message in one embodiment of the mobile terminal.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a response character message registration processing flow in one embodiment of the portable terminal.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a response character message transmission process flow in one embodiment of the portable terminal.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a center and a portable terminal in one embodiment of a communication system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a message recording unit in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a response character message registration processing flow in one embodiment of the communication system.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a response character message transmission processing flow in one embodiment of the communication system.

[Explanation of symbols]

100, 200 Mobile terminal 300 Center 1, 21, 30 Antenna 2, 22, 31, Wireless means 3, 23, 32 Baseband signal processing means 4, 24 Display means 5, 25 Input means 6, 26 Receiving means 7, 27 Transmission Means 8, 28 Recording means 9, 34 Message recording means (response data recording means) 10, 29, 33 Control means 91, 341 Response voice message recording means 92, 342 Response character message recording means 93, 343 Calling number recording means 94 344 Response character message selection means 95 345 Calling number notification means 346 ID number recording means

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A wireless means for transmitting / receiving a wireless signal, an input means for inputting an operation or information, a display means for displaying information, and a response data recording means for storing data for automatic response. And a control means for controlling the whole, and having a function of notifying and detecting the caller number, wherein the response data recording means stores the telephone number of the caller. Calling number recording means, response character message recording means for storing a response character message associated with a telephone number stored in the calling number recording means, and small response for storing first and second response voice messages Voice message recording means, when there is an incoming call to the portable communication terminal, the owner of the portable communication terminal does not perform a response operation for a predetermined time, and the telephone number of the caller can be detected Compares the detected telephone number of the caller with the telephone number recorded in the calling number recording means, and when the telephone numbers do not match, the first response stored in the response voice message recording means. Only the voice message is transmitted to the caller, and when the telephone numbers match, after transmitting the second response voice message stored in the response voice message recording means to the caller, the response character message recording means is transmitted. And transmitting a response character message corresponding to the matched telephone number stored in the mobile communication terminal to the caller. 2. A communication system in which a center connected to each base station or a line network has a function of performing an answering service, wherein the center is provided with a mobile communication terminal that has completed an application procedure for the answering service. Data recording means for storing data for automatic response for the mobile communication terminal, the response data recording means corresponding to each mobile communication terminal which has completed the application procedure for the answer phone service. Calling number recording means for storing the telephone number of the caller, and response character message recording means for storing a response character message associated with the telephone number stored in the calling number recording means. When there is an incoming call to the mobile communication terminal that has completed the application procedure for the service, and the owner of the mobile communication terminal has not performed a response operation within a predetermined time The center is in the mode of the answering service, and when the center can detect the telephone number of the caller, the center associates the detected telephone number of the caller with the mobile communication terminal that has received the call. The telephone number recorded in the calling number recording means is compared with the telephone number, and when the telephone numbers match, a predetermined response voice message is transmitted to the caller, and then the matched telephone message stored in the response character message recording means is matched. A communication system wherein a response character message corresponding to a number is transmitted to a caller.